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Webster 1913 Edition
Domify
Dom′i-fy
,Verb.
T.
[L.
domus + -fy
: cf. F. domifier
.] 1.
(Astrol.)
To divide, as the heavens, into twelve houses. See
House
, in astrological sense. [Obs.]
2.
To tame; to domesticate.
[Obs.]
Johnson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Domify
DOMIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
In astrology, to divide the heavens into twelve houses, in order to erect a theme or horoscope, by means of six great circles, called circles of position.2.
To tame. [Not in use and improper.]Definition 2024
domify
domify
English
Verb
domify (third-person singular simple present domifies, present participle domifying, simple past and past participle domified)
- (astrology, obsolete) To divide (the heavens) into different astrological houses.
- 1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. VIII, p. 101:
- There are various ways of domifying. That of Regiomontanus, which is the most common, makes the circles of position pass through the intersections of the meridian and the horizon; but others make them pass through the poles of the zodiac.
- 1842, Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. VIII, p. 101:
- (obsolete) To tame; to domesticate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)